developing news out of antioch this morning where arson investigators are looking at three overnight fire that say started within an hour. i'm christie smith. i'll have that story coming up. >> reporter: and good morning, i'm bob redell with a million dollar solution to the pigeon problem at b.a.r.t. stations. we'll take you live to daly city coming up. and go ahead and do it, give yourself a pat on the back, you made it to friday. we've got a great-looking weekend shaping up. another hot one inland with plenty of 90s. even rain in the forecast. lots to talk about, that's coming up. >> not so quick. if you have to get to work through oakland, we have a new accident, a big backup north of the coliseum. we'll bring you those details coming up. and from oakland to san jose, the city all lit up on this friday, september 14th. this is "today in the bay." good morning, thanks for waking up with us. it is 5:00, i'm marla tellez in

for laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm jon kelley, good morning, everybody. new this morning, arson investigators very busy today after a series of late-night fires damaged a strip mall in antioch overnight. "today in the bay'" christie smith is live with all the latest details. christie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you and happy friday. it certainly seems odd to arson investigators, and that is three separate fires that started within an hour and they were just a couple of blocks from each other. two of them happened at the same strip mall where we are at this morning. i wanted to show you this wall here. kind of hard to see but it's blackened on one side. that goes all the way up into the eaves of this building, it's a strip mall. if steve can pan over in the darkness, there's also a tree that caught fire and that goes down the hill onto the main street. we are on sycamore. now, when police arrived around 10:40 last night, they saw a huge orange glow in the sky and thought the back of the mall was on fire.

firefighters arrived and found big flames in the grass and trees nearby. it's not just one area, but two areas of the mall on the southeast and north side. one of them behind a 99 cent store. an hour earlier, less than a quarter of a mile away at 18th and l streets by antioch high school, reports of a tree on fire there. again, these are so close, a dispatcher told me that this is all under investigation. but they told us earlier that it certainly looked suspicious and at this point looks like arson. reporting live in antioch, christie smith, "today in the bay." in the middle east this morning, egypt's president is telling his countrymen that it's part of their islamic duty to protect the embassies and guests in his country. his comments come as more protests are expected today over a low-budget film that many muslims see as an open insult to the prophet muhammed. the u.s. has sent fbi officials to follow up on the deaths of chris stevens and three others.

right now we do have a live look at the streets of cairo where days of protests have now reportedly injured at least 200 people. overnight protesters hurled stones and molotov cocktails, while police responded with tear gas. in libya, state department workers who were stationed in benghazi have all been evacuated and moved to tripoli. last night libyan officials announced four arrests in connection with the u.s. embassy deaths and says they are tracking more suspects. the family of ambassador stevens is gathering in washington, d.c., as they wait for his body to return to u.s. soil. last night stevens' younger sister spoke exclusively on "rock center with brian williams." >> he spoke a little bit about the security but he really didn't make a big deal of it. he more spoke of how much he enjoyed the work that he was doing and diplomatic mission that he was on. >> 52-year-old chris stevens was a bay area native. he went to piedmont high and then went on to uc berkeley and

graduated from the hastings law school in san francisco. closer to home, a fallen chp officer has now been laid to rest following an emotional final tribute that drew thousands to a vacaville church. >> ken, i know you can hear me. i want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for always being there for me. and i look forward to seeing you again, brother. >> powerful and heart-wrenching. officer kenyon youngstrom's partner was among those who spoke offering moving tributes during yesterday's memorial. family friends, political dignitaries and law enforcement officers from all across the country gathering to honor the 37-year-old california highway patrolman. the officer was killed during a traffic stop last week along 680

near alamo. he was the father of four. wells fargo and mechanics bank have both set up memorial accounts for anybody wishing to donate funds to his family. crews are mopping up after a fire erupted in the same oakland hills neighborhood that was destroyed 21 years ago in that massive fire. last night a house that was rebuilt after the oakland hills firestorm burned again. the fire broke out around 6:00 on norfolk road near westmoreland drive. it look firefighters about 90 minutes to control the flames and huge plumes of smoke could be seen for miles. for some people the fire took them back two decades when a small grass fire turned into an inferno that took 25 lives. >> it's unsettling for everyone. just look at the people around the street. it's good they got here in time before it started to jump. >> no one was hurt in last night's fire. the cause it still under investigation. and the investigation into another fire, this one at a menlo park school, yielding some

disturbing findings. firefighters now say yesterday's fire at beechwood school on terminal avenue was a bigger problem than it actually should have been because the building was not equipped with a monitored fire alarm or even a sprinkler system. that building was actually a temporary structure and is not required to have such a system, but firefighters say if it did, they may have been able to put the fire out a lot faster. our camera was there as that blaze burned for more than two hours, causing $300,000 in damage. classes have been cancelled for today and administrators are now hoping to reopen that school on monday. well, suspended sheriff ross mirkarimi has lost another round in his battle to keep his job. the san francisco ethics commission has now rejected his request to delay sending his case to the board of supervisors after the november election. the commission hopes to submit the documents to the board by tuesday. the supervisors will then use the findings to determine if mirkarimi should be fired in the wake of a domestic violence

incident that left his wife with a bruised arm. mirkarimi argues the sprvrtupers are up for re-election and election politics could skew their decision in his case. residents are being told in one city to boil tap water. people living in jackson oaks, the area of morgan hill, need to boil their water all weekend long or instead use bottled water. this is a safety precaution after a pipeline failed in that area. the city right now testing the water but will not have the results until next week, so until then, boil it or buy it. well, 5:07. i have learned so far this morning, now is the best time to get that workout in outside instead of waiting until later. how's it looking. >> good morning to you. i want to start with this live picture of san francisco. and the fog right now is not at its worst point. we'll see this become more extensive as we head through about 8:00. it should start to burn off by

10:00, though, just like yesterday, although we'll see more of that cloud cover blankets the coastline and that's going to keep your temperatures down 1 to 2 degrees, maybe even 3 in some cases. 60 in sunnyvale, 55 in san francisco. this is what marla is talking about. we're starting out nice and mild. in your east bay cities by about 9:00 a.m., then we will get close to the triple digits in some cities across the bay area today, but the chance of breaking records is not as good as it was yesterday. tomorrow we bring that chance right back as numbers ramp back up. we lose that marine air. 80 in san jose, 75 in fremont and 93 in livermore. we've got a lot happening in the bay area this weekend. the giants are back at it. that game is out of town but you can watch it right here on nbc bay area tonight. we'll have the forecast for that. it's going to be hot out there. and the 49ers, sunday football, we'll have the forecast for that game coming up as well. first we want to check your drive. here's mike. folks, we're going to take

you across the bay over by where the raiders play north of the coliseum. we still have the backup and it's holding just north of high street. you can see the flashing lights at the very stop of that curve. two lanes still blocked but chp says just another ten minutes and they'll get that cleared. the map shows you the backup heading up into downtown. you can use surface streets, san leandro or international boulevard shown on our maps but stick it out because you should be okay in just a few. the san mateo bridge moves very smooth. construction south of there but no slowing despite that zone. and san jose shows a nice flow, picking up just a few more cars north 101 at 680. 5:09. b.a.r.t.'s rider boom has given the agency millions in revenue it didn't expect. now the agency says it's ready to spend a good chunk of that to declare war on pigeons and the droppings they leave behind. the agency dropping $1 million to fight the ongoing problem. "today in the bay's" bob redell

is live with the details with that and other fixes the agency is ready to spend this money on. >> reporter: good morning. b.a.r.t. has been trying to fight the pigeon problem for years. here at daly city they installed netting. at one point they had recordings of hawks but that did not do the trick. you can see on the ground right here, this is the main problem here. you've got pigeons leaving their droppings. what they're going to do with this surplus money is spend $1 million to add more spikes, which they have already installed here. and also to add new infrastructure. basically angled metal sheets that would make it very difficult for the birds to perch on so they'll be doing that at daly city, pleasant hill and concord. now, you're probably wondering how in the world is b.a.r.t. running a surplus when we hear about how bad things are with local governments. well, they had record ridership in the fiscal year ending in june. almost 111 million riders so

they are going to put a million dollars toward the pigeon problem, also replace carpeting in their rail cars. they're going to start a late-night bus service and among other things they're looking at replacing a leaky roof in the powell street station. b.a.r.t. spending seven figures to battle this problem with pigeons at some of their above-ground stations. bob redell, "today in the bay." >> bob, be careful out there. >> exactly. 5:11 right now. no carrierringringconnect 384000

. welcome back. it's 5:14. san francisco's most famous bird of prey will be joined on its perch pby a glitzy feathered friend today. formerly known as the golden eagle, this $5 million sculpture is said to be the world's largest solid gold and diamond-encrusted statue. the owner and canadian philanthropist plans to sell it and donate $1 million to breast cancer charities. the eagle arrived by police escort today to be displayed at john's grill in san francisco. that happens to be the home to the city's legendary maltese falcon statue. well, if you're thinking about buying jewels or gold or gold eagles or anything else with a big price tag, scott mcgrew advising today is the day to do it. >> reporter: i just talked to a guy, jon, who is buying a huge

flat screen tv online today because tomorrow amazon starts charging tax to californians. amazon has agreed to add california sales tax to your total on checkout, including any local tax, beginning on saturday. amazon has argued because it didn't have any brick and mortar businesses in the state, it didn't have to charge tax, which drove local retailers absolutely crazy, because everything is at least 8% cheaper on amazon. now, i know there's an accountant out there somewhere who is sputtering out his cereal and saying you already have to pay sales tax. when you buy something from a catalog or website that doesn't charge sales tax on checkout, you should make a note if the and then report it to the state of california at the end of the year and send sacramento a check. speaking of stuff to buy, iphone 5 went on presale at midnight last night. those who stayed up late enough report sites like at&t were knocked offline by the rush. this morning apple's site has

run out of phones for delivery on the 24th so anything you buy today will come in early october. as we first reported to you on thursday, the fed says it will spend $40 billion a month buying up bundles of home loans with the hopes that it will inject more money into the economy. wall street loved that idea. we turn to seema mody and she continues our coverage. good morning, seema. >> reporter: good morning. look at the markets right now. futures are higher after stocks got a big boost yesterday from the federal reserve. the fed is launching another stimulus program, buying billions of dollars of mortgages each month in an effort to drive down rates and spur spending by individuals and businesses. the fed will keep the program running until they see a sustained upturn in the job market. we do get data out this morning on retail sales, consumer prices, industrial production, consumer sentiment and business inventory, so it's going to be a busy morning. now, markets did -- the dow did

jump 206 points in trade yesterday to close at 13,539. that's the highest close since december of 2007. the nasdaq closed at 3155, its highest level since november of 2000. and another top story we are watching today, u.s. airlines are trying to push through higher fares. southwest got things started on wednesday raising prices $10 per round trip on a number of routes. united, american, jetblue have since matched southwest's increase. this is the 13th attempt this year by airlines to hike fares. back over to you. >> all right, seema, thank you very much. have a great weekend. jon and mar larksla, i see you have coffee cups. i have mine as well. drink those up. coming in on friday, an $11,000 coffee maker. >> what? >> i'm serious. 11,000. >> that must be good coffee. >> i'm excited. >> wow. >> you better stick around, viewers at home, if you want to

see us high on caffeine. where did the camera go? we lost our camera. >> ghosts in the machine. we can just hang on scott mcgrew's -- >> i've got more on federal easing. >> appreciate it, scott, thanks, man. we've got some nice coffee coming up so i'm going to brace myself. what are we looking for weatherwise. >> oh, we're looking good. temperatures are going to be cool to start. let's get you right out there this morning and show you what we're working with. 59 degrees in concord and livermore, 60 at sunnyvale and 58 in san jose. ie it's mild to start and we're headed towards a hot afternoon inland with temperatures in the 90s. that's right, the 90s again. so above average today, even hotter tomorrow as we've got this cool air lockout. the jetstream is taking the storm track way to our north, so high pressure is going to keep offshore flow in place. that means city by the bay today, full-on sunshine yet again. hot inland, though, and saturday

even hotter. that's when we will peak. high pressure will be at its strongest. so if you want to make those outdoor plans tomorrow inland, you want to do so early. 93 degrees today, saturday we're ramping that number up to 97 degrees. that means triple digits become more likely in places like gilroy. but this is the last full weekend of summertime. so mother nature, she likes to go out big once in a while. she's going to do it this year. 80 degrees in los gatos. don't forget if it's too hot for you tonight, it's going to be a lot hotter for those giants because at 7:00 p.m. holding on to 90-degree weather out there at chase field. you can catch that game from the comfort of your air conditioning. it starts right here on nbc bay area. all that action at 6:00 p.m. it's going to be a great game and they are off to a great start when it comes to making a run for the playoffs. 97 degrees on saturday, 93 by sunday. temperatures much cooler and cloudier as we get closer to fall next week. this might be your last great beach weekend for a while.

let's check your drive. 5:19. >> folks usually hope for a lighter, easier drive but it's tough right hereorth of the coliseum. i saw this flashing lights right in this zone just north of that curve. those flashing lights are gone but the backup is still there. two lanes still blocked. so we'll look at the maps and see how things are shaping up. you can use san leandro or international boulevard to get past that scene. here's high street. you're slow up to 29th and then clear into downtown. 580 also just fine but you can stick it out through this mild slowdown -- or the short section for the slowdown north of the coliseum where there are two events tonight. we also have a mexican rock band from guadalajara. an earlier stall on 101 has cleared just north of 680 and a smooth drive north of mountain view. right around highway 85 construction zone not causing any slowdown. live looks further north.

for palo alto and 101, easy drive north past university and the noth bay moves smoothly with your southbound commute. we are learning this morning that occupy oakland was tracked by the fbi. the american civil liberties union has obtained documents that show the fbi was keeping close tabs on the occupy movement last year. especially during the west coast ports protest. documents showing how the fbi planned to deal with the port protest and possible occupy oakland action at the oakland airport. the aclu says the fbi has more documents, but is refusing to release them, citing national security. the time now is 5:21. coming up on "today in the bay," a young bay area boy right now fighting for his life. we'll let you know how you may be able to help him survive. [ laughter ] [ girl ] wow. you guys have it easy.

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welcome back, everybody. how are you feeling on a friday morning. hopefully pretty good with the weekend ahead. that is a look at the toll plaza. nice and smooth sailing as it's still very early. the time now is 5:24. health officials confirming today a second person in contra costa county has now contracted that west nile virus. the woman lives in east county and she started having symptoms in early august. now, the good news is she is said to be recovering. just last night brentwood and discovery bay were both being fogged for mosquitos. as you may know west nile can cause fever, headaches, nausea and a rash. nationwide this has been the worst year on record in history for west nile cases. a san francisco boy is fighting for his life this morning and he needs your help before time runs out. >> batman! >> he is too precious.

2-year-old jeremy kahn suffers from a rare form of leukemia. he needs a bone marrow match by december, but out of nine million people on the national marrow registry, only 1% match his ethnicity, which is chinese. >> love and adore him, so, yeah, it's just hard to kind of see him and not know what's going to happen to him. >> all it takes to determine if you are a match is a swab of the inside of your cheek. for more on how you can help and a list of upcoming bone marrow drives, head to our website, nbcbayarea.com and search aadp. >> he is a little doll. let's hope someone does step forward. 5:25. let's toss it over to christina loren to find out it is the weekend, what's happening. >> oh, we've got a good-looking weekend for your beach plans. maybe you wanted to go hiking or

camping before we hit fall. you're going to get some great conditions to do so. 78 degrees bayside. today you'll be at 68 degrees at the coast and 93 degrees inland. now football season has started and you can watch those niners right here on nbc coming up this sunday. they're playing at candlestick park and winds will likely come into play as it's going to be on the breezy side. could be interesting. 64 degrees at 5:00 p.m., 62 degrees at 7:00 p.m. all your tailgating plans will be accommodated by beautiful conditions. let's check on your drive right now, 5:26. hey, mike. >> good morning. folks, this is the accident and the slowdown we've been watching in oakland just north of the coliseum. from a closer look, you see the slowdown just north of high street all the way past 29th but the earlier accident reports from chp are that they have cleared it from lanes so this backup starting to smush around. the map will show you the same and it's just north of the coliseum where there are two

events tonight but this morning pretty quiet over there. 580 also very easy drive through this area but slowing coming out of the altamont pass which is a pretty particular pattern. this is friday, it's 5:27. back to you. still to come on "today in the bay," a new mission for the man who attacked a priest he said molested him as a young boy. also there is a ray of hope right now for a walnut creek woman who was run down by a speeding pickup truck over the weekend. ( telephone rings )

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good friday morning to you. temperatures are going to be hot today inland, 90s on the map,

80s bayside, 60s at the coast. hot-time summer in the city. conditions change as we head through tomorrow. we'll take you to that forecast. and although lanes are reporting clear, i see the backup building over by the coliseum. the latest for 880. your commute coming up. and here's a live look at the commute. 880 in fremont. traffic seems to be moving along just fine. oh, it went away! it's back. september 14th, this is "today in the bay. " . pretty magical here on "today in the bay." >> yes, i like that. >> it is 5:30. i am marla tellez. thanks for joining us. laura garcia-cannon is off today. >> and i'm jon kelley. there are new fears about a potential arsonist in antioch after a series of late-night fires. firefighters say it appears at this point somebody set three separate fires and left in an hour including one that damaged

a strip mall big-time. christie smith is live in antioch with why the fires seem so suspicious. good morning, christie. >> reporter: good morning to you. a number of reasons for that. the worst damage is on the side of this strip mall here in antioch. the wall is burned, there's a dumpster here. that looks like it was burned as well. also some trees burned from the strip mall all the way down to l street. this is one of two fires that started last night. the mall is called sycamore square. two fires in this strip mall started around 10:40 last night. police arrived and thought the back of the mall was burning. they called in firefighters, it quickly jumped to two alarms that grew and spread to the eaves of a store front that houses a 99 cent type store. an hour earlier another tree fire just a few blocks away near antioch high school. >> fire on the northwest side of the building and then we did

have another additional fire on the southeast side of the building and approximately an hour before that there was a fire down the street on sycamore. so we do have an investigator en route. >> reporter: so again, firefighters are saying the whole thing certainly looks suspicious. we spoke with one dispatcher by phone who told us that it's starting to look like arson. reporting live in antioch, christie smith, "today in the bay." 5:32 now. over to the middle east. egypt's president is calling on his countrymen to protect embassies and foreign guests as part of their islamic duty. his plea comes as new protests are expected today over a low-budget film made by a u.s. resident that many muslims see as an open insult to the prophet muhammed. the fbi is now investigating the man who created that film. in the meantime we give you a live look at the streets of cairo. plenty of people on hand there this morning where days of demonstrations have now reportedly injured at least 200 people. protesters hurled stones and

molotov cocktails while police responded with tear gas. meantime, the u.s. has now sent investigators to follow up on arrests libyan officials made in the death of u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three others. last night libyan officials announced they had arrested four people and say they are tracking more suspects. back here at home, from the victim to victim's advocate. a bay area man who says he was molested by a priest is now turning his anger into action. will lynch made headlines when he attacked the man he says raped him when he was just 7 years old. lynch was unable to file criminal charges against reverend jerry lindner because of the statute of limitations expired. now lynch is trying to change the law so others can hold their abusers accountable years after the crime. >> if we can repeal the statute of limitations in this country and people can stand behind that, i think that would help a lot of people who have already been affected and absolutely

help the children in the future. >> a san jose jury acquitted lynch on assault charges back in july and he expects it will take millions of dollars to get voters to approve a ballot measure extending that statute of limitations. he's holding his first fund-raiser in los altos this sunday. a citizens advocacy group is now going to begin teaching vallejo residents how to launch a new police oversight group. the national cop watch organization is arriving in town today to begin training local volunteers to set up police oversight committees amid growing anger over the high number of officer-involved shootings in vallejo this year. now, the latest police shooting came just last night but in this case nobody was hit. vallejo police began a chase after a truck refused to pull over. that chase ended when the suspect crashed onto the campus of oaks elementary school in pleasant hill. investigators say after the crash one of the men made what police say was a, quote, threatening move toward one of the officers.

that officer then fired, hitting the wall of the nearby school. both suspects surrendered and are now facing charged of resisting arrest. there have been eight officer-involved shootings in vallejo this year. five have been fatal. right now we update a story and good news for a woman left fighting for her life after being run down in walnut creek, a sidewalk there. she is now said to be improving this morning. doctors say sheng hahn is now listed in fair condition. she was badly hurt saturday when a speeding pickup truck sped right into her and her family. her mother-in-law sadly was killed in that accident. the truck's driver has not been charged in this case. police continue investigating this crash and they say they will submit that case to the district attorney very soon. 5:35. b.a.r.t. is now ready to declare war on pigeons and the unwanted droppings they leave behind. the agency is ready to drop $1 million to combat the ongoing

problem. "today in the bay's" bob redell is live in daly city with details on the plan and where the money is coming from. bob. >> reporter: well, from an unexpected surplus. more on that in a moment. good morning to you, marla. we're here at daly city batt.a.. they have installed nets to your left, to your right they have done spikes, but in spite of those efforts, they still have got this problem right here where these birds choose to bombard the floor with their droppings. they even have recordings of hawks, which are predators to pigeons. that still did not do the trick. so with this surplus, they have an $11 million surplus, they're going to take a million of that and try to put new infrastructure in some of the above-ground b.a.r.t. stations. basically metal siding that would be at an angle and also have more of those spikes to try to make it harder for these birds to perch. they'll basically focus on four b.a.r.t. stations. coma, pleasant hill, concord and here in daly city.

>> if it fixes it, then it's worth the money. so far they haven't -- they have put the netting up and stuff and still have got the pigeons there. hopefully it will work. >> reporter: is it driving you nuts? >> it don't bother me that much. it bothers the other people. >> reporter: that was raymond who sells the newspapers here at the city b.a.r.t. station who says that another thing that would probably help is if people would stop feeding the pigeons. so again b.a.r.t., because they had record ridership in their fiscal year ending june and continue to have it this month, they had 111 million riders, they had a surplus of close to $11 million. they're going to put a million of that towards the pigeon problem. they're also going to replace carpets on some of the trains and start late-night bus service between sf and the east bay. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> all right, bob, thank you. 5:37. we get back with christina loren to talk about friday and, again, a beautiful outlook for another

good weekend. >> hopefully he doesn't get bombed on it there this morning. we've got a good-looking day shaping up. we're getting a little bit more cloud cover in san jose this morning. you can see that vividly from that live picture and temperatures are rather comfortable. chances are if you live in the east bay, you had to use your ac last night. you'll likely be using it again tonight if that was the case. and saturday, you'll downright need it as temperatures are going to climb even more so. today i actually shaved off a couple degrees. take a look at your futurecast today fo today. mostly clear all the way up and down the peninsula. even as we head through about noon today, most of that cloud cover stays offshore. however we'll have enough lingering for that westerly flow to carry in cool ocean air and that's going to keep your temperatures just a touch cooler this afternoon. at 5:00 we stay nice and clear. if you want to get your star gazing on in the city tonight, you'll be able to do so with clear conditions. 65 at 80 inland.

up to 93 in the heat of the day. in livermore, you hit 96 yesterday. bayside 68 at the coast. your seven-day is in my next report. first let's check your drive at 5:39. >> hi, a much better drive by high street. there was an earlier jam that happened after an accident, took a while to clear. it still shows up on our sensors a bit as you're traveling northbound on the area. you know what, we're going to go to san jose and get a live look for 101, a smooth drive northbound on 101 just north of that 680/280 interchange. things are slowing down right there at that scene as the volume increases. here are the maps for north 880 past the coliseum. that was the earlier slowdown. we have a disabled vehicle reported north 680 at treat, but no slowing at the scene. a smooth walnut creek interchange. an accident back over at 205 keeps these things moving smoothly. i think we'll end with this map and your typical slowdown for

580 through livermore. back to you. the time is 5:39. still ahead, the new warning for students at one of the bay area's most prestigous universities after a woman is groped in broad daylight. plus, did you pack your patience? the work at one bay area airport that could mean big delays for weekend flyers. i'll get a build your own burger with something cheesy...

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welcome back, everybody. it is 5:42. new protests expected out in the middle east today as the u.s. follows up on arrests made in the death of u.s. libyan ambassador chris stevens, who is from right here in the bay area, along with the three other americans who were killed. let's get straight to tracie potts. she is live on capitol hill this morning. she has all the latest. with the day of prayer wrapping up over there, i guess it's expected this thing may escalate even more? >> reporter: well, that was the expectation. we're already starting to see that in a number of nations. we saw it overnight in cairo and again this morning. large protests there.

but also now we're seeing people gathering in yemen, indonesia, a big concern there. kashmir, we've seen some people there as well, sudan, jordan, so a number of nations this morning starting to see those people gathering. and we've also learned that in libya, they have made those four arrests, as you referred to, but there is more investigation to be done. the libyans are saying that they're looking for more people and also we're sending an fbi team over there to do our own investigation. they'll be stopping first at ramstein air force base to talk to some of the people who were in libya when that happened. finally, the identity of the final two who were killed released by the state department. tyrone woods and glen doherty, security officers, decorated military vets, former navy s.e.a.l.s. i should also mention that the california man who posted that film online who touched off all of these protests, he is being investigated by the fbi for a

parole violation, apparently part of his parole was that he not use the internet. >> tracie potts, thank you very much. we'll check back later. 5:44. stanford university issuing a new warning to students this morning after a woman was groped on campus. the student telling police she was walking near manzanita field about 1:30 when a man came up behind her and groped her. the man ran off. two similar groping incidents happened in palo alto late last month. police have not said if they think this week's incident is related. a south bay nursery that was destroyed by a recent fire is now forced to place its remaining inventory on sale today. the appropriately named fire sale at summer winds nursery starts at 9:00 and runs through saturday. the 10,000 square foot building burned down august 29th. summer winds says 10% of the

weekend's proceeds will be donated to the san jose firefighters burn foundation and the las bombers of california. it's a northern toy foundation there, a northern california toy foundation. good morning to you. 5:45. just waking up all comfy in bed. a cool start to the day. >> yeah, you know, i'm going to say mild because we're in the 60s in some cities and i've had a lot of people writing on facebook about how hot it was last night, waking up in a bed of sweat. yeah, it's time to open up those windows if that's the case in your home because it is crisp out there for now. if you open them up 10 to 15 minutes, the temperatures inside your house will drop off by 5 to 10 degrees. as you know, ajusting your thermostat by just one degree makes a significant difference. taking you outside, this is san francisco. the fog will burn off today about the same as it did yesterday, a little quicker. the only difference between

yesterday and today is we'll see more cloud cover lingering offshore and that means a cooler day as westerly flow will keep the coastal communities a little bit foggy as we head through 5:00, 6:00 tonight the fog returns. it's not going to be that thick and you can get a pretty good view of the stars of the city by the bay as we head through tonight. one of the other benefits of onshore flow and all that fog we had earlier this week is we're holding on to moderate air quality where temperatures yesterday approached the triple digits. we hit 96 in livermore. the jetstream is staying well to our north. high pressure has taken the storm track in the pacific northwest keeping us nice and hot. today, though, just a touch cooler, 2 to 3 degrees from yesterday's highs. tomorrow we'll ramp your numbers right back up. sunshine stays but temperatures are going to be even hotter than they were yesterday for your saturday. so today works out like this. 93 in livermore, 68 san francisco, 77 oakland and 80 in san jose. if it gets too hot for you, you want to stay indoors, you can

catch those giants. nbc bay area, all the action starts at 6:40 p.m. this is a very important game as we're getting very close to the playoffs and we are making a very good run for the playoffs, hopefully getting those giants back to the world series. 49ers play on sunday. you can catch that game here at well, 5:00 p.m. next week looking cooler, cloudier, it might be your next hurrah at the beach. let's check your drive. hi, mike. >> we'll take you to the south bay where traffic flows nicely. northbound routes pick up a little volume but no major issues. construction in mountain view right around shoreline is still an issue as far as the distraction as well. the slowing northbound 101 north of 680, we see a slower zone. the volume is picking up a bit but no major incidents. we'll look along the peninsula, 101 through palo alto moves smoothly as well. a few more cars past the shopping center and up towards willow and into san mateo. southbound side moves equally as smoothly. other side of the bay, fremont

shows a nice flow northbound with the taillights past the truck scales. southbound past tesla, seeing a good flow into milpitas. volume between the bridges holding pretty steady and typical for a friday. oakland, we are looking at a good, smooth drive as we had an earlier accident causing a backup around high street. at the bay bridge, the toll plaza has a gathering forming in the cash lanes but not enough to cause much of a backup. the east shoreway is moving smoothly. if your weekend plans involve flying in or out of sfo, you want to check delays before you head to the airports. officials at sfo say they expect delays for the next three weekends while one of the airport's main runways is shut down for safety improvements. the first temporary shutdown will begin tonight at 10:00 and last until monday morning at 8:00. abused, neglected and left for dead. this morning a morgue appear hill pit bull is hoping for a

little love, maybe a lot of love and possibly a permanent home. his name is champ. unfortunately this dog can't see that toy he is chewing on because he is blind. emily recently found this dog tied to a fence at a san jose elementary school with a cable, a computer cable wrapped around his neck. the animal in very bad condition. vets were forced to remove both of his eyes and they say it's very clear champ was a victim of abuse. >> they should definitely, i feel, be put away. it's a crime. it's total neglect. and i think they should be treated just like you would if you neglected a child. >> a long list of supporters including the san jose animal advocates have started a facebook page and are hoping that all this news and buzz leads to a permanent home for champ. a vigil will be held tonight for the milpitas convenience store clerk gunned down while at work. at 8:00 dozens of people are expected to gather at the 7-eleven on milpitas boulevard

to pay their respects to mohammed reza. he was shot and killed early saturday morning. surveillance photos released by police show three hooded gunmen running into the store. seconds later, the men shot reza, killing him. officers are still looking for the gunman. this was milpitas' first homicide of the year and happened just two blocks from the city's police station. 5:50 right now. coming up, the fight that could soon have one of the members of the grateful dead facing some criminal charges. we'll have that coming up. also how uc davis is getting ready to put this infamous incident behind it. and in our gadget friday, an $11,111 coffee maker right there. all the nbc lawyers will let me do is do that. we'll take a look at it, drink some coffee coming up. [ male announcer ] every day, your car takes you to work, school, practice, dance class, shopping, and more. so do something nice for it. chevron with techron. care for your car.

welcome back. happy friday, everybody. it is 5:freew53. today we may be learning how much the uc school system will be paying the 21 students and alumni hit by pepper spray in a police attack during an occupy attack. a very infamous incident. that group suing the university after the incident was caught on tape during a protest back on november 18th of last year. this video triggered some big-time outrage nationwide. the officer involved was fired. and in a closing meeting yesterday, uc regents agreeing to a proposed settlement. this must be approved by a federal judge before the particulars may be made public. 5:53. this morning new warning that government red tape may be preventing repairs to several of san francisco's gas pipe lines. state utility regulators say 43 miles of old cast iron pipes

pose a clear danger. in a letter to the city attorney, the cpuc claims pg&e wants to replace the lines, but the city's department of public works won't let the utility finish the project because of a street paving ordinance. in response to the accusations, city attorney dennis herrera says he shares the safety concerns and wants to determine what is holding up the process. one of the real deadheads could be on his way to jail this morning. former grateful dead drummer mickey hart is being accused of assaulting a man after a concert in kentucky. this happened last week while hart was in town performing at a harvest festival. police say after the show a man filed an assault report alleging hart assaulted him. a warrant has been issued for hart's arrest. here's a question for you, ever wondered what an $11,000 cup of joe tastes like? scott mcgrurks did you bring enough to share? >> i've got two coffee cups right here that are ready to go.

our gadget this gadget friday is, as you might have guessed, an $11,000 coffee maker. it's not available yet, but you can preorder. your friend is preordering a $600 iphone, you can preorder an $11,000 coffee maker made by blossom coffee in san francisco. the engineers and designers take time and temperature into account, all kinds of things. one of the cool things is, and i have high wire coffee here, which is one of my favorites in emeryville, is there's a little electric eye that will read the bar code, the qr code. so you tell it what kind of coffee you want to make and it makes it. the guy who came up with it was a student at mit. he wondered why the coffee at the school tasted so different, so he made his own. it's blossom coffee.com. you hold your camera right there. i'm going to walk over here. don't show my button tv, there we go. i've handed them -- >> cheese. >> now, you have to say this is

the best cup of coffee ever. it's a hand delivered $11,000 cup of coffee. >> it goes down smooth. >> it has a certain something to it. >> blossom valley coffee.com. >> sincerely, that's some good stuff. >> this is now the best part of waking up. >> thank you, jeremy, with blossom coffee. >> christina loren, we'll save you a cup of this java. >> just don't backwash, you can change the whole dynamic. good morning to you. we've got a good-looking day shaping up. a little patchy fog out there. your hour-by-hour forecast wks out like this today. 93 degrees at noon inland. temperatures are going to be very, very warm today. we want to get a check of your drive. are we going to get a check of your drive? are you there, mike. >> i am there. >> are you there? >> first hitch time caller, long-time listener. we're looking over here. easy drive. as you get over the high rise you're picking up the volume but

no big problems. we'll get another live look outside and see how things are shaping up across the golden gate bridge. clear view, all those lights visible across the span and also through the north bay. coming southbound with the curves at terra linda, a smooth drive highway 37 all the way down through san rafael to the richmond/san rafael bridge. you have a nice, pleasant flow. >> mike, you've got to try this stuff. >> i already downed mine. >> she slammed it. we'll get you more, though. hey, it didn't have to be this bad. the new details surrounding yesterday's massive fire at a menlo park school.

three fires within a single hour and each one just blocks apart. suspicion grows as investigators try to figure out if they're hunting for an arsonist.